Home values, rents and more in Dobson, NC
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Dobson compares
The typical home in Dobson, NC is worth about $258,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Dobson are 7% above the typical value in the Mount Airy metro area ($242,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Dobson rose 8.3%, compared with +4.7% in the Mount Airy metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $43,750, against $55,656 in the Mount Airy metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,652 people live in Dobson (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Dobson has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 5 cities in the Mount Airy metro area and the 244th-lowest of 541 in North Carolina with Zillow figures.
Part of: Surry County, NC · Mount Airy metro area · North Carolina
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.